Using a Google Map within an Android SDK application requires the programmer to be registered with Google and use a specific API key to access the map -as the data (map tiles) belongs to them, they want to control the usage. Fair enough.
Your application must use a MapView component to display the map -this is a special View that retrieves and displays the map tiles from Google.
In the last few years, missiles and launch systems have become the new bargaining chip in international diplomacy.
Unfortunately, some can actually deliver nuclear weapons straight to your door.